Software Engineer (AWS)

Location: On-site in Fort Meade, Maryland, United States

Salary: USD 220,000–230,000 per year

Company

Markon is a consulting firm delivering program and project management services for the intelligence community, federal civilian agencies, and defense organizations.

What you will do

• Define end-to-end architectures for secure serverless and full-stack applications hosted on AWS.
• Lead application development and modernization using Java, JavaScript, Python, and cloud-native design patterns.
• Architect mission services and event-driven workflows with Amazon API Gateway, AWS Lambda, and AWS Step Functions.
• Establish scalable data, integration, authentication, authorization, secrets-management, resiliency, observability, security, and performance standards.
• Lead CI/CD automation and production delivery using Jenkins, GitHub, AWS CodePipeline, and related tools.
• Mentor engineers, coordinate technical roadmaps with government customers and stakeholders, and evaluate emerging cloud technologies.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph for this customer.
• Bachelor’s degree and 20+ years of software engineering experience.
• Expert experience developing full-stack applications with Java, JavaScript, and Python.
• Expert experience architecting and delivering serverless solutions within AWS.
• Experience with Amazon API Gateway, AWS Lambda, AWS Step Functions, AWS Secrets Manager, AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store, Amazon DynamoDB, and Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL.
• Experience designing secure multi-source data integrations, APIs, authentication solutions, CI/CD workflows, architecture decisions, and application modernization initiatives.

Nice to have

• Experience with PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Angular, or Vue.
• Advanced DevOps, DevSecOps, and CI/CD automation experience.
• Experience with cloud governance, observability, reliability, and performance standards.
• Experience with Jira and Confluence.
• Experience modernizing secure cloud applications in Intelligence Community environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance.
• 401(k) matching, flexible spending accounts, and an employee assistance program.
• Paid time off and holidays.
• Training and tuition assistance.
• Recognition as a Washington Post Top Workplace and a federal government consulting workplace.

Hiring process

• The job posting remains open until the position is filled.